340 DOGS : THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



attending to the general health ; as by supporting the 

 constitution, the tendency to disease is likely to be 

 checked. To the part no local application should be 

 used ; and every care is required to prevent the animal 

 from injuring it. 



When more externally situated, a careful examination 

 must be made, to decide whether there is a fair hope of 

 the growth being successfully excised. If it is hard and 

 circumscribed, an operation is justifiable ; but the skin 

 should be healthy. All the integument must be pre- 

 served, and the entire bulk of the morbid body cleanly 

 taken away. The parts are not so sensitive as to render 

 the operation exceedingly severe ; however large the 

 wound may be, it generally heals rapidly. After the 

 operation no dressing will be required, unless some un- 

 toward circumstance should arise, when, of course, the 

 remedies needed to counteract it must be resorted to. 



Fungus is invariably preceded by a purulent discharge, 

 which, when the growth is developed, is mingled with 

 blood. The system is feverish, and the parts are hot, 

 irritable, and painful. The animal is continually licking 

 itself, and is disinclined for motion or food. 



In the first instance the cure is speedy ; but if allowed 

 to proceed, the affection is troublesome, and may be diffi- 

 cult to eradicate. When any unnatural discharge ex- 

 udes, a mild tepid lotion should be injected. It should 

 be of an astringent nature, and an infusion of green tea 

 or any of the eye-washes recommended will be of ser- 

 vice. The strength should likewise be supported, and 



